"JUICE will use the gravity of Venus this week to bend its orbit around the sun and gain speed relative to Earth without ...

Gravity assist slingshots are one of the cheapest and most efficient ways to get spacecraft to the outer solar system. That's ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in April 2023. The ...

According to a statement from ESA, in order to progressively increase the velocity required to reach Jupiter by mid-2031, JUICE is utilizing a sequence of gravitational slingshots, beginning with ...

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication anomaly ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is ready for a planned flyby of Venus on Sunday after the agency fixed its communications system. ESA officials commonly refer to ...

The conceptual design work will kick off in January 2026 along with the national project’s implementation, the scientist said MOSCOW, August 17. /TASS/. The development and launch of a Venera-D (Venus ...

In 1975, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9 lander became the first spacecraft to transmit photographs from the surface of Venus, ...

Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31). JUICE (short for "Jupiter ...